(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. / (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.

plural of excavation

Relating to excavation.

present participle of excavate

(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow. / (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. / (transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.

(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

(obsolete) To excavate.

A person who excavates. / A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc. / A curette used to scrape out pathological material.

plural of excavator

simple past tense and past participle of excavate